Curling-iron



R. PRIEDBL.

GURLING IRON.

-(No Model.)

No. 527,172. Patented out. 9,V v1894.

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'UNITED STATES t Vlbfrniwr OFFICEa ROBERT FRIEDEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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I SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 527,172, dated October9, 1.894.

Application ned June 9,1894. serial No. 514,012. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom tn/Zay con/cern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FRIEDEL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing .at Chicago, in the county of Cook'and State of Illinois, haveinvented anew` and useful Improvement in Curling-Irons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of curling-irons,for use as an article of toilet in curling the hair, in which a metalcurling-rod portion, adapted to be heated, car ries a handle, ofmaterial nonconductive of heat, by which to manipulate it.

The object of my improvement is to provide a construction of thecurling-rod whereby it shall be rendered rotatable by compressing thehandle, thus to enable, by a mere compression-action of the hand, therod to be rotated for winding upon ithair to be curled, instead ofrequiring the more inconvenient and tiresome operation of turning thehandleportion to turn the curling-rod for the purpose. To this end Ijournal the curling-rod portion of the device on a compressible handleand provide on the formera clutch having a loose rotary member operativefrom the handle bya connecting medium between the two.

My invention consists in the general construction of my improvedcurling-iron; and it also consists in details of construction andcombinations of parts.

Referring to the accompanying .drawings- Figure 1 is a partly sectionalview in elevation of my improved curling-iron; Fig. 2, a brokensectional and enlarged view of the clutch-device; Figs. 3 and 4, detailsof the clutch. Fig. 5 is a section taken, at the line 5 on Fig. 1,viewed in the direction of the arrow and enlarged; and Fig. 6 is asection taken at the line 6 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the di? rection ofthe arrow.

A is the cylindrical curling rod, which should be formed of metal. It isjournaled on a handle B, shown as comprising the two handle-portions rand q, the former being tubular at one end, as shown at ,there tosurround the rod A, and having pivotally connected with the bearing tthe handle-portion q, from which there extends a spring p against therod to prevent undesirably easy turning thereof and renderl thehandle-portion q resilient.4 On the grip-ends of the handleportions rand q, respectively, are the wooden, or other nou-heat conductingtubular shields r and q. From the advance-end of the former thereextends inward a rigid bearing o, in which is journaled the inner end ofthe rod A, while from the corresponding end of the latter there projectsinward, to overlap the v inner end of the bearing o, a longitudinallyslotted linger n, embracing the curling-rod.

C is a clutch, comprising a disk-shapedhead fm forming one memberrigidly fastened to the rotary curling-rod and provided on one face,circumferentially, with ratchet-teeth m; and a member Z looselysurrounding the rod and yieldingly held, by a spring e, to engage,

by its tooth Z', the ratchet on the rigid member, and terminating, atthe side opposite that carrying the tooth, in a sleeve Zaformed into thedrum-portions i and Il and in which the spring e is confined. The springeis confined under compression in the` sleeve Zo between its outerclosed end and the plug o', shown in Fig. 2 and on which the sleeve isadapted /to move telescopically, whereby the tension of the spring tendsto force the mem-4 ported on the rod A a concavo-convex jaw piece Aterminating in a thumb-bearing and controlled, as usual, by aninterposed spring (not shown); the jaw affording means for gripping thehair between it and its companion-part A. p

As will be Seen, by compressing in the hand the parts 1' and q formingthe handle B, the finger n is moved transversely past the bearing o andunwinds the cord g from its drum 1l', thereby turning the clutch-memberZ to engage its tooth with the ratchet/,on the member m and thus turnthe latter to rotate the rod A with the jaw-piece A'. Thus turning theclutch-member l turns the drum 'L' to wind upon it the cord g. Onreleasing the handle B from the compression-action of the hand, therecoil of the spring p draws upon the cord g to unwind it from its drumfi, thereby turning the loose clutch-member backward to slip lts tooth,against the yielding resistance of the spring e, over the ratchet m andavoidlng any backward turning of the curling-rod; and this reverseturning of the loose clutchniember causes the drum t" to wind upon itits cord g.

By Working the hand, in which the handle B 1s held, repeatedly tocompress and release the latter the rod A is, obviously, caused torotate, the arrangement illustrated effecting a partial rotation thereofwith each compression-action on the handle and accordingly winding thehair to be curled upon the rod.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' A curling iron comprising, in combination, a curling-rod A havingpivotally supported on it a spring-controlled jaw-piece A', ahandle-portion fr having pivotally connected with it a spring-controlledhandle-portion qand provided with bearings t and o in which the rod is jonrnaled, a clutch-device C on the rod, comprising the rigid member mand the loose yielding member l provided with the sleeve k, a finger nextending from said spring-controlled handle-portion, a cord gconnecting said yielding handle portion with the sleeve to Wind thereonby its rotation in one direc tion, and a cord g connecting said fingerwith the sleeve to Wind thereon by its rotation in the oppositedirection, substantially as described.

ROBERT FRIEDEL.

In presence of J. W. DYRENFORTH, W. N. WILLIAMS.

